How do they match: Artillery and Missile Crew Members

  • Artillery and Missile Crew Members

  • Artillery Meteorological Man
  • Field Artillery Automated Tactical Data System Specialist
  • Field Artillery Basic
  • Field Artillery Cannoneer
  • Field Artillery Crewmember
  • Field Artillery Fire Control Man
  • Field Artillery Operations Man
  • GWOT Support Assignment-Counter Rocket Artillery and Mortar (C-RAM)
  • High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) Operator
  • Multiple Launch Rocket System (MLRS)/High Mobility Artillery Rocket System (HIMARS) Crewmember
  • Ordnance Artificer

  • Target, fire, and maintain weapons used to destroy enemy positions, aircraft, and vessels. Field artillery crew members predominantly use guns, cannons, and howitzers in ground combat operations, while air defense artillery crew members predominantly use missiles and rockets. Naval artillery crew members predominantly use torpedoes and missiles launched from a ship or submarine. Duties include testing, inspecting, and storing ammunition, missiles, and torpedoes; conducting preventive and routine maintenance on weapons and related equipment; establishing and maintaining radio and wire communications; and operating weapons targeting, firing, and launch computer systems.